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a black and white drawing of a garden with trees, flowers and signs on it

A house that is made up on seperate buildings that surrounds a garden usually with a pond or some sort of water feature. It has wooden walkways that are usually covered by a roof that connects the different parts of the estate.

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the inside of a building with different parts labeled

Shinden-zukuri was the favored style of architecture for a noble’s estate in the Heian period. A typical estate was single-story, raised off the ground on wooden pillars, and floored with wooden planks. Shinden-zukuri architecture has not survived; however, the Genji Spring Palace display at the Fûzoku Hakubutsukan is a reconstructed scale model estate created from descriptions in the Tale of Genji.

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an image of the layout of a mountain village, with text in black and white

The Shinden Zukuri was a traditional Japanese dwelling style for wealthy aristocrats and nobles during the Heian period. It featured a main central building called the Shinden surrounded by secondary buildings connected by corridors and bridges. The layout was symmetrical with rooms branching off a central hallway. Materials included wooden pillars, planks and thatched roofs. Interior spaces were simply furnished and decorative items were often movable. - Download as a PDF or view online for…

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